Research Databases, Journals & Periodicals

General Legal Databases

Bloomberg Law [password required] Comprehensive legal and business resources.

Bloomberg BNA [off-campus] Access to over 100 publications providing news and analysis on a wide range of legal topics

CALI - Student lessons on various legal topics [first time users must create an account - see secure page for password information]

CCH IntelliConnect [off-campus] Access to state and federal tax laws, reporters, news, and other related materials. Also covers additional commerce-related topics such as labor and employment, banking, and intellectual property law.

Checkpoint [off-campus] Database containing tax law resources, including federal, state and local, and international libraries.

Courtroom View Network [sign up with OSU email address] Access to audio case files of court opinions on major legal topics. Also includes courtroom video library of real court cases.

Hein Online [off-campus] This searchable archive contains law journals, the Federal Register, U.S. Treaties, classic legal treatises, U.S. Reports , and U.S. Attorney General Opinions

Homeland Security Digital Library [free on the Web]- Selected U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as resources from universities, organizations and local and state agencies relating to homeland security

Kluwer Arbitration [access from Columbus campus]. Various resources on arbitration law including ebooks, journals, practice tools, and Kluwer's arbitration blog.

Kluwer IP Law [access from Columbus campus]. Various resources on intellectual property law including ebooks, practice tools, landmark European cases, and Kluwer's blogs on patent and copyright law.

Leadership Library on the Internet [Drinko Hall only] Searchable directories of judges, law firms, corporations and many more types of governmental and other organizations. (Also known as Yellow Books).

Legal Trac [Drinko Hall only] Index of articles in legal periodicals since 1980 including law reviews, legal newspapers, and bar association journals. Includes some full-text.

LexisNexis [password required] Comprehensive resource for legal research in primary and secondary sources

LexisNexis Academic [off-campus] U.S. Legal section provides access to federal and state cases, statutes, and regulations. Also includes law review articles.

LLMC Digital Online [off-campus] A digital collection of primary & secondary legal materials. Includes decisions from some federal agencies and many official case reporters. A growing collection of common law abroad materials includes materials from British Canada and India.

Making of Modern Law, Primary Sources [off-campus] Collection of U.S. historical material dating from 1620-1970 including colonial records, early state, territorial, and municpal codes, city charters, and constitutional convention records

Foreign and International Law Databases

International Encyclopaedia of Laws [off-campus] This series of publications features works on the laws of nations and international organizations relating to such topics as contracts, criminal law, cyber law, energy law, environmental law, intellectual property, family law and succession, labor law, media law, and medical law. See the "IEL" titles under the "Manuals" tab.

Indexes to Periodicals and Books

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books [off-campus] Index covering over 600 English-language legal periodicals published in the U.S. and elsewhere, and 2,500 books each year on law-related topics. Coverage begins as early as 1980 for some journals with full-text available for more recent years.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals [off-campus] This index covers legal periodicals from countries other than the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia beginning in 1985. Also includes browsable digitizations of print index editions from 1960-1984.

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